The Majesty of God (8: 1, 2, 9)
The Psalmist marvels at the glory of God. God is worthy of every man’s adoration and praise. David calls God “Lord” from the Hebrew, adonai. The term occurs about 300 times in the Old Testament.
Its meaning is “master, sir, lord” and signifies “ownership or mastership” and indicates the great “truth that God is the owner of each member of the human family, and that He consequently claims the unrestricted obedience of all” (Girdlestone, Old Testament Synonyms, 59). Thus, included is the amenability of man to God and His law.
When the term is used of men, it is always singular, adon. When used of God, it is almost always plural, adonai, and possessive, meaning “my Lord’s.” Being plural, it confirms the idea of the Godhead, as in the name, Elohim.
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